"I'm very excited," said Miner, who is also the state's co-chair of the Democratic Party. "I'm thrilled."

Here are more of her remarks today:

"I think it, again, goes to show that the city of Syracuse is getting attention from places outside of New York state. When the president of the United States comes to this city, what he is saying by his presence it that there is a lot of good news to be shared and that the rest of the country should hear about the good news that's coming to Syracuse, coming out of Syracuse. And he's going to have good news for us, too, about how we can continue to make a recovery and make sure that everyone shares in the wealth of our country....Syracuse in particular should be very proud."